Tuesday, July 24, 2012

In Colorado, grief over theater shooting and a hunt for answers - Washington Post

July 22, 2012

Camryn Diaz, 6, stands near her mother, Celsa Rubia, as she hugs one of 12 crosses that were erected near a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century Aurora 16 movie theater, the scene of a deadly shooting Friday morning that left 12 dead.

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July 22, 2012

Rebekah Brazelton, 13, cries as she visits 12 crosses that were erected across the street from the Century Aurora 16 movie theater.

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July 22Â

Greg Zanis of Aurora, Ill., carries two of the 12 crosses he made for a makeshift memorial to the victims of Friday's mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo. A carpenter, Zanis made the crosses that were placed near Columbine High School after a mass shooting there in 1999. Zanis said he made these crosses as fast as possible and drove all night across the country to place them across the street from the theater.

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July 22, 2012Â

Christine Barton kisses her son Stephen at the Medical Center of Aurora, in Aurora, Colo. Stephen Barton, of Southbury, Conn., was wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, âThe Dark Knight Rises.â

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July 22, 2012

Senior Pastor Ed Taylor, left, and Ryan "Bo" Boeckner, right, worship during a morning service at Calvary Chapel Aurora in Aurora, Colo. Taylor talked about the deadly shooting that occurred early Friday at the Century Aurora 16 movie theater. He said many members of his congregation were at the theater when the shooting occurred. Boeckner was in theater 8 at the time; the shooting took place in theater 9.

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July 22, 2012

A child holds onto a woman during a morning Mass remembering the victims of the movie theater shootings at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Aurora, Colo.

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July 21, 2012

Pastor Mary Lu Saddoris prays with Isaac Pacheco, center, and Courtney McGregor, right, across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora.

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July 21, 2012

Pastor Mary Lu Saddoris, left, comforts Shelly Fradkin, whose son was close friends with Alex Sullivan. Sullivan, who was celebrating his 27th birthday at the "Dark Knight Rises" screening, died in Friday's shooting.

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July 21, 2012

Mourners gather outside the movie theater.

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July 21, 2012

A bouquet and a candle dedicated to the people who died in Friday's massacre are placed near the crime scene.

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July 21, 2012

News vans are camped outside the theater.

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July 21, 2012

People gathered with friends and family of A.J. Boik for a memorial in his honor at Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo. Boik was killed in the shooting Friday morning at the Century Aurora 16.

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July 21, 2012

Sadie Robinson, 15, left, embraces Cecilia Alexander, 17, during a memorial for A.J. Boik at Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo. Boik was killed in the shooting Friday morning at the Century Aurora 16.

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July 21, 2012

Near the Aurora, Colo., home of suspect James Holmes, a van is towed before officials attempt to disarm booby traps inside his apartment.

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July 21, 2012

Firefighters stand watch at the apartment complex where shooting suspect James Holmes lived. His apartment was rigged with a series of booby traps, police say.

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July 21, 2012

Officers prepare to disarm booby traps at the apartment where suspect James Holmes lived.

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July 21, 2012

Officials keep a safe distance from the apartment of suspect James Holmes while a controlled explosion is detonated.

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July 21, 2012

In the area surrounding the suspect's apartment, electricity was cut off as a precaution. One boy went outside to cool down.

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July 21, 2012

An agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arranges boxes of evidence from the apartment of James Holmes, who is in custody.

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July 21, 2012

Suyapa Zelaya and daughter, Haley Zelaya, 13, attend a community blessing with Pastor Tim Milligan of Memphis. The event at Aurora's Vertical Church at Canyon Creek Elementary School was dedicated to shooting victims and their families.

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July 21, 2012

Ty Frazier, 18, receives a community blessing during a prayer vigil hosted by the Vertical Church at Canyon Creek Elementary School in Aurora, Colo. Frazier said his friend Ryan Lumba was wounded Friday and had surgery.

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July 21, 2012Â

The mother of A.J. Boik, right center, leaves a memorial in her son's honor at Gateway High School. Boik was killed in the shooting early Friday.

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July 21, 2012Â

Emir Karaketir arranges candles during a memorial for A.J. Boik at Gateway High School.